How to Read a Tachymeter on a Sports Watch?
The tachymeter: from practical function to identity marker On a sports watch, the tachymeter is that detail that catches your eye even before you’ve started the chronograph: a numbered…
Julien Aguettaz
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I am passionate about watchmaking, having worked for Swiss watchmakers and as a digital strategy consultant.
Why the Santos de Cartier Is Considered the First Modern Watch
A watch born of a very real problem: telling the time mid-flight Before it becomes an object of desire, a watch is first and foremost a solution. And the…
Carlingue Aviation 01: Take Flight
Aviation watches were not born to charm. They were designed to be read instantly, in sometimes extreme conditions, where mistakes are not an option. It is this functional constraint that…
Why Do Some Watches Have “Jumping” Seconds?
That intriguing “tick”: deadbeat seconds, a rhythm that’s not so anachronistic after all You may have noticed it in a display window, or on the wrist of a collector…
Why the Patek Philippe Calatrava Is a Symbol of Horological Purity
The Calatrava, or the art of saying only what matters There are watches that assert themselves through complication, technical excess, or the loud prestige of a name. And then…
How the Jaeger-LeCoultre Reverso Was Invented for Polo
A shock, an idea: watchmaking meets the polo field We often tend to mythologise great watches, imagining their birth as something abstract: a brilliant sketch, a hushed workshop, inspiration…
The History of the Cartier Tank: A Watch Inspired by an Armoured Vehicle
When a war machine becomes a style icon Some watches are born from a set of specifications. And then there are those that arrive as a visual jolt—almost a…
Which watches does Donald Trump wear?
Let’s continue our tour of watches worn by notable personalities with Donald Trump, the 45th and 47th President of the United States. A man whose relationship with watchmaking raises a…
Which automatic watch should you buy for under €1,000?
Our selection of genuinely relevant new models, straight to the point When we talk about an automatic watch for under €1,000, we’re covering a fairly broad range of options: from…
Which watch does Gabriel Attal wear?
In politics, every detail matters. A tie, a suit, a watch on the wrist… all signs that are scrutinised, analysed, sometimes overinterpreted. But what happens when a watch escapes that…
Which first watch should you buy when you’re just getting started in watchmaking?
A simple, no-snobbery guide to choosing well Choosing your first watch can quickly become confusing. Between the big brands, micro-brands, automatic watches, quartz, prices ranging from €100 to several thousand……
MB&F LM Sequential Flyback EVO: the chronograph reinvented, once again!
While some watchmakers add complications, others challenge the very way a complication should work. MB&F embodies that idea perfectly with the LM Sequential Flyback EVO. When MB&F unveiled the LM…
What Is a “Dress Watch”?
The “dress watch”, or the discreet art of dressing well at the wrist Some watches assert themselves through performance, engineering, presence… That’s the case with tool watches. And then…
What Is a “Tool Watch”?
When the watch wasn’t jewellery … but an instrument Before it became a status symbol or a style accessory, the wristwatch was for a long time a utilitarian object.…
Why Do Pilot Watches Have Such Legible Dials?
Legibility born of noise, cold and urgency Before it became an aesthetic code—oversized numerals, sharp hands, crisp contrasts—the legibility of pilot’s watches was a matter of survival. In a…
Which watches does Thomas Magnum wear in Magnum P.I.?
If you watched Magnum as a kid, sprawled on the carpet in front of a cathode-ray TV, I have some bittersweet news: you’re probably old enough to have already owned…